2009 P1 Registration Exercise for 2010 In-Take

[Artemide37]

Just go for Holy Innocents, no regrets lah, established school with good track record knows better how to strike a good balance between study and play. NYPS is so, I spent lot of hassle to get my first kid in, he is in P2, he enjoys school whole lot. We just want him to be an average student in a good school and experience the learning process much more.


In my opinion, serving in grassroots, many neighbourhood schools are still learning ropes to excel, usually over zealous in academics, only darned kiasu parents would love it.

[titank]

Dear Winth,


You are also targetting RVPS? I try analyse the location of the school to the bus stop.Seem rather far to walk out & to the bus stop.

As you mentioned when they need to stay back for extra ECA then would need to incur extra transportation charges.

[kbcharmaine]

Hi Everyone!

I am just joined this forum ! My kid will be due for Pri one soon! May I just check if anyone knows whether Ngee Ann Primary School is a good school?

[winth]

Hi titank,


Yeh… RVPS seems a good school, plus one of those which I still have a chance to get in though I leave beyond 2km. The other popular schools like ZhangDe and Radin Mas seem like no chance at all.

Haven’t had time to go near the school to take a look. Maybe during registration phase.

The extra cost is true for my gf’s girl’s school which is CHIJ in Kellocks. I don’t know if it’s normal for school buses to charge extra when they make a trip outside school hours.

We haven’t come to a final decision yet whether to get balloted for RVPS, as logistics is a REAL issue. I can’t find any student care that is near to river valley as well, plus P1 for RV is pm session, which is 2 big minuses. The current plan is I got to fly down after office hours, take MRT back, grab car parked at our house, go fetch DS1 and DS2 after their school. Sounds okay now, but dunno if feasible in the long term or not.

[ponyo]

I will be enrolling my gal at st margaret’s 'cos of emphasis on character development in school. any one have the same thots?

[san76]

ponyo:

I will be enrolling my gal at st margaret's 'cos of emphasis on character development in school. any one have the same thots?

Established and good sch. Should go. :celebrate:

[ponyo]

my only worry is on her chinese. I understand most students in girls school tend to speak more English and treat learning Chinese with disdain. Currently, she is pretty positive about learning chinese in her childcare as her teacher is a native speaker and can bring the subject to life.

[titank]

Hi Winth,


I'm considering between Radin Mas & River Valley as both I can try as at Phase 2B. RVPS location seem rather a bit inconvenience due to it was located in the private properties area.

Where are you staying & which school you would stand good chance? Gan Eng Seng would be the most convenience for me but I have very little information about the school.

[san76]

ponyo:

my only worry is on her chinese. I understand most students in girls school tend to speak more English and treat learning Chinese with disdain. Currently, she is pretty positive about learning chinese in her childcare as her teacher is a native speaker and can bring the subject to life.

Ponyo,

Dont worry, my son cant communicate in Mandarin. Now he is in P1, taking Higher Chinese, he scored 98 during the CA1.

Its very common for kids to speak only English. But when it comes to chinese lesson, they will automatically speaks and write well.

Always encourage her and say well done. She will improve very fast. Try out.

[ponyo]

san76:

ponyo:

my only worry is on her chinese. I understand most students in girls school tend to speak more English and treat learning Chinese with disdain. Currently, she is pretty positive about learning chinese in her childcare as her teacher is a native speaker and can bring the subject to life.

Ponyo,

Dont worry, my son cant communicate in Mandarin. Now he is in P1, taking Higher Chinese, he scored 98 during the CA1.

Its very common for kids to speak only English. But when it comes to chinese lesson, they will automatically speaks and write well.

Always encourage her and say well done. She will improve very fast. Try out.

Thanks for the encouragement. Will try to stay positive. Any idea when will the school admissions exercise will start? I am going for phase 2B since I am a member of an Anglican church.